Wu and 49-mile-long Xiling--and this mindboggling feat of engineering from Victoria Cruises' 268-passenger Victoria Anna on the eight-day Three Gorges Explorer. Round-trip from Chongqing, 800/348-8084 , victoriacruises.com . From $1

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